Stamets stays scorching hot for Clippers

Coming into Sunday's matinee against Norfolk, Eric Stamets had gone 515 Minor League contests without hitting two home runs in the same game.
That drought is over.
The Indians prospect went yard twice, doubled twice and drove in a career-high six runs to power Triple-A Columbus to a 13-6 romp over Norfolk at Huntington Park. 

"I was aware that it never happened," Stamets said. "It actually made me laugh as I was rounding the bases because I was thinking about how I'd never had a two-homer game just a few weeks ago. Then, when I got back to the dugout, my teammates were kind of just staring at me. They asked me, 'What is this? What's going on?' And I just said, 'I don't know.'"
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Stamets is 9-for-11 with three homers, four doubles and nine RBIs in his last three games, raising his batting average 76 points to .243.
"I've never had a stretch to this magnitude," he said. "I've never had the extra-base hits come in bunches like they are for me these past two days. It's just kind of luck of the draw. The right part of the bat is finding the ball right now and I'm not trying to do too much when I'm at the plate."
Stamets opened the scoring with a two-run homer to left field in the first inning. He walked in the third, then ripped a double to center in the sixth.
An inning later, the 25-year-old infielder jumped on a 1-1 offering from reliever Paul Fry and deposited it over the fence in left-center for another two-run jack.

"Coming into the dugout and seeing everybody's faces light up, not only that I had success but that I did it again, that was awesome," Stamets said. "I'm not sure how I'll be able to follow it up, I just hope I can keep the good feeling going."
A sixth-round pick by the Angels in 2012, Stamets narrowly missed a hat trick in the ninth when he drilled a double to left. Even though it didn't get out, the extra-base hit pushed two runs across and gave him a new career high for RBIs in a game.
"I didn't think it was going out, I was just hoping that they wouldn't be able to catch it," he said.
The Indians assigned Stamets to Triple-A to begin the season, but after a 1-for-28 start, he was sent to Double-A Akron. After a 13-game stint in the Eastern League, the Ohio native returned to Columbus, where he's begun to find his groove.
"I think it was a little overwhelming at first," Stamets said. "I tried to do too much back then, but now I've got a routine and a handle on everything, so it's helped me get a little bit more comfortable."
Playing in front of his family and friends also has helped Stamets settle in. In 23 games with the Clippers, the University of Evansville product has an .821 OPS, four homers and 14 RBIs. 
"A lot of Minor League guys, when you get to the end of the season, you want to go home and see your friends," Stamets said. "But for me, I'm able to do that when we're in Columbus. It helps to not feel that urge and lessens the grind for me to have that support system around me."

In his Triple-A debut, Mike Papi went 2-for-5 with an RBI, while Indians No. 26 prospectNellie Rodríguez hit his fifth homer and doubled for the Clippers.